Girl, 12, knocked dead by Fuso Truck in Kumi-Pallisa highway crash
Pallisa, Uganda: A 12-year-old girl has been killed in a tragic road crash after she was knocked down by a Fuso truck along the busy Kumi–Pallisa highway, police have c...
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Amolatar: Alemere SS students stage violent strike, teachers flee
The unrest was reportedly triggered by a school operation intended to enforce uniform discipline, which resulted in the confiscation of several sacks of non-uniform cloth...
Bank of Uganda launches three-year pilot to buy domestic gold for reserves
The Bank of Uganda has started buying gold mined in the country and will add it to the official foreign exchange reserves, shifting part of the national safety net from d...
Namayingo gold rush turns deadly as unsafe pits kill four monthly
At least four people die monthly in gold mining accidents in Namayingo District, Eastern Uganda as an unregulated rush for the precious minerals draws unemployed youth in...
Kawempe daycare baby dies after falling in hot tea saucepan at school; director arrested
A daycare director has been arrested after a four-year-old boy died from burns sustained after falling into hot tea at a Kawempe schoolA four-year-old boy died after fall...
PPDA and Karamoja Anti-Corruption Coalition Step Up Oversight of Road Works
The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA), in collaboration with the Karamoja Anti-Corruption Coalition (KACC), has continued to conduct a joi...
5 major complication risks patients should understand before undergoing general anesthesia for surgery
Nakimuli’s death has renewed focus on the key medical risks patients face during and after surgery, even in procedures considered routine.Nakimuli’s death has raised...
Uganda Airlines Restores Long-Haul Capacity as Airbus A330-800neo Returns to Service
Uganda Airlines has resumed long-haul operations following the return of a grounded Airbus aircraft that had been out of service since February due to engine-related faul...
Street Boys Fill Gap Amid 60% Plastic Crisis
Peter Lotimo on red and another street boy picking waste plastic bottles along one of the streets in Soroti CitySOROTI – Every morning before the streets of Soroti retu...
Uganda Railways Launches Pilot Passenger Train Service to Ease Kampala Traffic
KAMPALA – Uganda Railways Corporation has taken a significant step toward reviving passenger rail transport with the launch of a pilot train service transporting studen...